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MOUNTAIN LION

Mountain Lions are a very rare site, they can be found around the west cost of North America.They can grow up to six feet long and weigh 136lbs. The mountain lion is also the largest cat in North America.


HOW THEY GET FOOD

Mountain lions mainly feed on deer and small animals such as porcupines and racoons,they normally hunt at night nad stalk their prey until the can find the opportunity to kill.


HOW THEY GET WATER

The way they get water is when they find water then they drink it. They need lots of water normaly they get their shelter near water.



THEIR SHELTER

They have a thick fur coat and sometimes live in a cave for shelter, mountain lions don't hibernate so they only use their shelter for their offspring and when they are eating sometimes.


HOW THEY BREATH

they breath air with their lungs. They need clean air to survive, we are polluting their air every day because we use cars.


HOW THEY REPRODUCE

When they are young their mothers bring them food.They normally give birth to one to two cubs at a time when the are born they are blind and totally independent on their mother.




THEIR CELLS

Mountain lions have many cells, white and red.




MOUNATIAN LION CLASSIFICATION

Kingdom-Animalia [a animal is a living breathing thing, all animals have basic needs for example my animal needs food, air, water, and shelter.]

Phylum-Chordata [has a spinal cord. this is a very importent part of any animal that has is, it sends pulses from the brain and makes every thing move. On the mountain lion its spine is horizontal across the back of it]

Class-Mammalia [is a mamal. a mamal is a animal that living thing that NEEDS AIR to survie their are even animal in the water such as whales an dolphins, my animal walks on four legs and can run very fast it has a tail that suports it tremendisly, it helps i jump far distances. ]

Family-Felidae [is a cat. a cat is a animal that has better eyesight, smell and hearing than any human on earth cats can also jump farther and higher than us. my animal can also climb trees really good there are to different kinds of cats there are wild cats and domestic cats mountain lions are wild cats]

Genus-Felis [smaller party of cats. the kind of cat that my animal is a wlid cat witch means that it is ment to be in the wild and is very hard to train and will never be happy if it is not in the wild]

Species-Conclor [my animal. mountain lion ]




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I got all of my info from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_lion